University of Edinburgh, 16-18 September 2015
This conference will bring together, for the first time, the three IPSA research committees to examine different aspects of territoriality evident in the world today. The conference, convened in Edinburgh one year after Scotland’s historic independence referendum, will provide an opportunity to examine the politics of territorial, ethnic and linguistic identity, state traditions and language regimes, the dynamics of federalism and multi-level government, and relations between power and territory in the context of regional integration.
We invite proposals for individual paper contributions or for panels engaging these issues. We welcome case studies and comparison of issues of territoriality evident in any part of the world, as well as papers adopting a theoretical perspective on territorial or identity and language politics. We aim to feature the best of contemporary research on territoriality, including new research by established academics as well as early career scholars.
Proposals for papers should include full contact details (including an email address, mailing address, and affiliation) of the author(s) and an abstract of up to 200 words.
Panel proposals must include:
· a minimum of three papers and a maximum of five.
· contact details of paper-givers, and (if you have them) the discussant and chair
· Panel title and individual paper titles
· Short description of panel (max 200 words)
Conference languages are English and French. The final deadline for electronic submission of proposals for papers or panels will be 28 February 2015. Proposals should be submitted to: http://form.jotformeu.com/form/42413501455344
Limited travel funds may be available.
THIS IS A JOINT CONFERENCE OF IPSA RC 28: COMPARATIVE FEDERALISM AND MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE; RC 14: POLITICS AND ETHNICITY; RC 50: THE POLITICS OF LANGAUGE and CENTRE ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
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